Capone Goes Berserk at Alcatraz to Be Moved
Capone, the Chicago gangster, suffered a mental breakdown at Alcatraz and will be transferred to a federal facility on the coast for treatment. He reportedly rages at times, labors over bed making, sings operatic arias, and shows signs of paresis and melancholia as psychiatrists assess his condition.
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Capone
Chicago
Alcatraz Penitentiary
San Francisco
Edward Twitchell
Alcatraz
Twitehell
Abraham Teitelbaum
Washington
Supreme Court
San Francisci
Cook County
Inllinois
James Johnston
Farm Bill Troubles Prompt New Compromise
A joint committee revised the farm bill to align with the house measure while addressing key dairy and soil provisions. The changes spark opposition from dairy states and farmers who fear coercive government control, though cotton subsidies rise two cents per pound. Senate leaders weigh shelving an anti lynching bill as southern filibusters persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
D-Tex
Conference
Coffee
Senate
Bilbo
D-Miss
Guffey
Recessions Federally Caused Says Hugh S Johnson in Speech
Newark Feb 8 AP General Hugh S Johnson declares the current recession was federally caused by government controls. He criticizes policy for suppressing the profits system and warns recovery hinges on allowing the profits system to act and workers returning to normal jobs at decent wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh S. Johnson
Newark
N. J
Johnson
Judiciary studies bill to authorize twenty seven judgeships
A Senate panel began study of a bill authorizing 27 new circuit and district judgeships. Another judiciary subcommittee headed by Senator Burke of Nebraska continued hearings on a proposed constitutional amendment to grant women equal rights with men.
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Tee
Burke
Dneb
Three Women Hurt In West Plains Fire Near Bakersfield
In West Plains Missouri on February a native stone home under construction by Dr Deborah Doan near Bakersfield burned. Dr Doan and assistant Lydia Carney 35 escaped via improvised rope from a third story window and were taken to a hospital with serious injuries and shock. Mrs Irene Calvert a maid jumped from a second story window to save Dr Doan's 81 year old father John Doan who was sleeping on the first floor. her arms burned. Doan and Carney had moved from Trenton Mo three years ago to build what they planned as a hospital.
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West Plains
Deborah Doan
Bakersfield
Dean
Lydia E. Carney
Irene Calvert
Dr. Doan
John Doan
Doan
Miss Carney
Trenton
Roosevelt Tribute Honors Earhart At NYA Meeting
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt praised Amelia Earhart for inspiring American youth during the opening of a two day NYA conference in Washington. NYA adviser Owen D. Young John L. Lewis Charles Judd and Charles Taussig attended as leaders discussed expanding the program to equalize opportunity in America. Aubrey Williams predicted growth of the youth program under government involvement.
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Washington
Feb
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Amelia Earhart
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
NYA
Owen D. Young
John L. Lewis
CIO
Charles Judd
University of Chicago
Charles Taussig
New York
Aubrey Williams
America
Williams
Steel and CIO make progress on new steel contract
In New York a brief conference between United States Steel, led by Fairless, and SWOC chaired by Murray, produced cautious optimism. Both sides said progress is being made and no fight yet. Talks to replace the Feb 28 contract continue with a 2 pm session planned. wage and hour standards are at issue.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CLO
Benjamin Balrless
Big Steel
Philip Murray
SWOC
Fairless
Murray
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company
United States Stee
John L. Lis
Cio
Thomas Moses
United States Steel Corporation of Delaware
Miss Boeckmann Challenged Over Influence on Helen Stephens
Ozark A A U executive committee in St Louis protested appointing Dee Boeckmann as 1940 Olympic committee head after Stephens turned professional. Alfred Fleischmann says Boeckmann’s closeness to Stephens helped push professional status. Committee questions her charge of any women's sport program. Stephens now plays for Olsen Redheads. Boeckmann previously PE instructor in St Louis and at New Orleans, then Penn Hall in Chambersburg.
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ST. Louis
Helen Stephens
Ozark A. A. U
Dee Boeckmann
Miss Stephens
Olsen Redheads
Boeckmann
New Orleans
Penn Hall
Chambersburg
Secret Domestic Policy Council Planned by Hitler
Berlin Feb 8 AP sources forecast a secret domestic policy council parallel to the foreign policy body reshaping Reich leadership. Goering aims for economic strength, while Wilhelm Frick may head the council and Himmler may replace him in Interior. Walther Funk is tasked with ensuring the four year plan's primacy as Hitler rests at Berchtesgaden amid a political lull with lingering questions about Hjalmar Schacht.
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Louis BP
Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Germany
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Foreign Council
Wilhelm Frick
Interior Ministry
Heinrich Himmler
Walther Funk
Goering
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Kurt von Schroeder
Cologne
Schacht
von Schroeder
Franz von Papen
Austria
Town Hall Meeting Sparks Nazi Industrialist Support
Discussion at a town hall prior to power saw Rhineland and Westphalia figures align with the Nazis. Von Schoeder emerged as an ardent Fuehrer advocate and booster of the regime, signaling growing backing among industrial leaders.
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Rhineland
Westphalia
von Schoeder
Fuehrer
Vatican grants radio mass for Catholics in Spain
The Vatican news service reports Pope Pius granted permission for a weekly Sunday radio mass from Salamanca to Catholics in government Spain. Prelates in insurgent territory asked, saying most Catholics in government areas lack access to Mass.
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Vatican City
Feb
Vatican News Service
Pius
Salamanca
Spain
Measure A CAP A Proposal Before Governor Bailey
In Little Rock on February 8 CAP A proposed that if called into a special session the legislature would appropriate $300,000 to assure full terms in rural schools, a plan presented to Governor Carl E Bailey.
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Little Rock
Ark
Carl E. Bailey
All Barred at Minister's Trial in Berlin
Berlin secret trial proceedings against Rev. Martin Niemoeller proceed with barred non officials in the courtroom. Witnesses for the confessional synod were excluded, leaving only court attaches and ministry representatives as Niemoeller faces charges of malignant nullification of the Nazi state and inciting disobedience.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Propaganda, Church and Justice
Niemoeller
Germany
Dahlem
Mathematics Teacher in the Toil G Again
Chicago February 8 AP report states Fred Buckminster a former mathematics instructor at Michigan State prison returned to face charges of petty subtraction and long division with $32,000 alleged by Agnes Harter. She accuses Buckminster and Joseph Weil known as the Yellow Kid of conspiring to take her money through a confidence scheme.
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Jackson
Midh
Owasso
Weil
Chicago
Fred
Buckminster
Michigan State
Agnes Harter
Joseph
Yellow Kid
Townsend Declines Appeal in Contempt Conviction
Dr Francis Townsend on a tour to back his pension plan told his Chicago office he would not appeal a District of Columbia appellate court ruling that upheld his contempt of the House of Representatives conviction. He said he would not contest the sentence of 30 days, plus a $100 fine, and would welcome jail.
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Roseburg
Gre
Francis E.townsend
Chicago
District of Columbia
House of Representatives
Townsend
Emergency loans in 16 days for distressed farmers
Washington AP reports the Farm Credit Administration will provide emergency loans within ten days to financially distressed farmers for spring planting and livestock feeding. Loans are handled by regional emergency crop loan offices, including one in St. Louis, under existing supervision.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
St. Louis
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